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Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
In telling Of tho anniversary, the Philadelphia

In telling Of the anniversary, the Philadelphia
LeOlOer. Of March IA, 1887, says
When the "Grand Depot" asst was originally
knOWn--it is now styled "Wanamakers"-Was
opened ten years ago, one floor was sufficient to
accommodate the business. There was no base
ment story, and four wagons were ample for the
delivery Of packages. To-day the main hoOr has
a width Of $50 feet, from Thirteenth street 70
Juniper. and a depth Of 5p3 feet from Market to
Chestnut Street, while the baaeWent has q still
greater width. There is, also, o sqb-aellar 81
feet under ground where Is placed the heating
and electric light apparatus. Wltnih the past
two years a new foundation was built under the
entire STRUCTURE, and II Is now considered one
az the strongest In the city When the store WAS
n,,enrd ten years ago there were no elevators In
h bnt these convenience are now situated at
various points for carrying passengersi transport
ing goo Ia throughout the house, anu iOr receiving
freight rire fur delivery wagons nave lhofehs-
J n, h, and where ~ horses were once required,
,i,,ut l9O are now employed. In the hfty'twO
a ulr mcnts nearly four thousand persons nre
s,t s,d exclusive OF those nc work OUTSIDE OF the
bIidnR, and In the holiday season to rbo az,
,,t,.fah,nent it h claimed, does the largest eA-
prcsa.shlpping business OF any mousse ~ tho olty
or state while the clothing mall OIueI uelrt,t ,, ' :
ment has also grown 70 large proPoi.lons;;, - y
JilRsrent departments have been the result OF a
steady growth and have been added from the %
TO time, as the necessity called Ioi 1i tneni' ,'
Wholesale department recently OlHaiA1sui' si' ~ ~
mos the entire third story. and Is now stlu " pc
thoroughly equipped 10 every particular. Aiso- ~
wether Wanainakers covers an area OF oseI ooot-
zoo square feet. about fourteen acres 0i spaoej
and s said 10 be not only the largest Ouliulhs ~
fhe kLud in the country but also considerably
Target than the ''Bon MaFche," In aris.
The philadelphia Record says; a..
The ten years growth represents an lnefehao ~ =
floor space from two acres % over innrtpehs anu n
the store Is now claimed % De the biggest ~ the
world. Many Of the depqrtmentsafe larger thah
any stores devoted entirelyto the same purposes
nthe city.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. =.
PHILADELPHIA. March IA, 1887.

On Saturday last the Store
was ten years old. A trade
revolution has come to the CITY
within these ten years, and our
Store has been a great factor in
bringing it about. The new
order of things is firmly estab-
lished. Let us recall some of
the changes.
Tie consumer and producer
meet 70ith onLy one agent be-
f70een them. This reduces the
three or four profits of the past
to a single one, and that is
smaller than in the old days.
Ne find Ou1- best interests BY
Ser0iAg the interests of those
70h0 6ny Of as. This covers
many points both material and
sentimental. In the old days
you were accustomed to hag-
CLING prices. A natural enmity
existed between buyer and
seller. You paid as little and
he got as much as possible.
One uniform price stopped all
that.
The right to exchange goods
badly selected or unsatisfactory
protected you from imposition
or error, even though the mis-
take were your own. We
risked something on the ven
ture of that principle, but like
all right principles, it won a
victory. The results of it are
here to stay. The store was
made pleasant. Your wraps
we're checked. You were in
vited to comfortable seats in
commodious waiting rooms,
and you came to feel, what we
desired you should, that in a
sense you owned the store.
Thus in more ways than we can
tell of here there came about a
confidence in our ways that
proved to us that in doing best
for you we were doing best for
ourselves.
We ha0e exploded some /alla-
cfeS, notably the one that a
great business built upon prin-
ciples that brought the greatest
good to the greatest number is
a monopoly.
We haze b1OUed that truth
telling aa0erhS1ng is net only
right but polite, and yet to
know the carelessness of state
ment and ignorance of trade
conditions that the advertising
types cover in the public press
often makes one wonder why |
every advertiser cannot see the
right. Many merchant whose
word in a barter is as good as
his bond prints statements that
will not hold together for mo-
ment under intelligentcFiticism.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
PantaIOOnS,

Or If you prefer to have
them called Trousers so be
they called; call them eth
er or both we can offer
genuine bargains in either
ready-made or to order.
Think of a pair of all-wool
stylish Trousers made to
your order and guaranteed
to fit and give satisfaction
IN every way for IS what
can you expect? But you
will get more than you ex-
pect if you patronize us.
Our reduced prices for fine
custom work are doing the
business as our wOrkrooms
will show. We are having
great successes on full dress
suits at prices fully 25 per
centlessthanusually charg-
ed for such work. In
Ready-Made Clothing new
goods are constantly COM
ing and you will find them
unusually attractive and
low in price for as our bust
ness increases we are ena-
hled to handle goods at
less advance above cost.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

PLAIN SENTENCES,

enc dme prices OF Carpets of all grades ar, down
S; anu " WOfSed Frlnges for Curtains and Ianhrao1ins
CCncloIS Ct4 f window Shades Mats, Rugs, Drlggets
1OUIOh FIushes and Wool Felts all Shades
Every part of the Stock has some decided bar,,air
T ITtdIlDuIggS are cheaper than they ever were
ny ny our Mustard SarGnes, at 10 cents box
Inc DtSJ ana safest Burning Oil is DevOe's
Up STAIRS for Carpets, all other goods down stair
0ielne 0 and Ivory and Every Day Soap all good
R Lne champion and Perkins and House Iamps the hest
Vb;t WI de G5 9eSG canned Fruits Meats and Vegetables
Ie GOODS and the best Beached and Brown Shee+inos
II lueI any BOOK you want and get it at CITY price
ettVy blankets and ShawlS and Cassimeres nj cost
Tr UoceSI cas- Spices and COtfees the cheapest
Use no burning Oil that will explode Devoes will pot
R1SKetS Buckets Tubs, Wood Bowls Churns Field Cans
o Duy III the city while you living off the neon hare
V4 aaIG my STOCK OF Glass and Porcelain and China
tTSGC1DleS and Fruits and Garden and Field Seeds
All the best makes of Bleached and Brown W,sIinc
Fure fresh crisp Crackers, Cracker Dust and Cales
Every school Book wanted in the Public Schools for sale
0 otraS Pocket Knives Hair Brushes Scissors
Lard tanners Castor, NeatsOOt Iubrcatin RnrDD
me me Cle{PeSt nbrela IN the town. and good and Strong
IIlt Ee outnoIlzed otate Depository of School Books
g7neSC 7SC prices paid for all kinds of Country Produce
Illl4g and Seine Iwines, of the very best quality
Use memo lea you appreciate delicious cln of Tea
GSVeranS 0lrtS Gloves Hose, Gossamers. Straw Hats
DOCKS Dialogue Books Ready ReckOnes Letter Writers
you make out OF the people here ought to be spent
Every size Manila Rope, from Plough Line to one inch
Every Stye OF Lamp Shade Burner Chimney Holder Fount
y ly g1ou goods seldom have prizes given with them
very Teas Spices Syrups Extracts are cbeapst
sorghum syrup is a sort of old novelty | sell il
Feather Duster is the best sell them lower than aver
shoud be bought elsewhere that bought as chea
remember the Carpets now, right in Spring time
heI many prefer mating, and sell both
c losg al Uoods new and fresh, others a discount
3eHu VI come ana get all errors corrected
Store. so OeAOie Ie"'lie the
Heavy Blankets Shaws and Cassimeres at Cost
iee Is an AcroSnc IN this advertisement you find
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16


It'll be crazy Grape year.
Last year fixed it. You saw
the crazies and they conquered.
Fine, hard-twisted; Irregular
ly-woven, crinkly; things you
shouldn't iron, rough dry them
in the sun. Lighter than
seersucker, daintier. Pleasing
effects in the printing, and
wonderfully exact printing on
such a neXt-tO-nothing sub
stance. Cream and white
; dozen styles, four
or five times as many color
ings. See a bit 10 cents.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

The cheapest baby carriage
we have SO. Cheap not from
being sighted, but from plain
ness. Strong wicker body,
serviceable running parts, com
fOrtably upholstered and some
fancy wOrk-not much. Price
goes from there to wherever
you say. You can select the
parts and have a carriage put
together to your mind, finished
as you will. Special coaches
upholstered in satin and plush,
ribbon trimed, satin parasoIs,
SI4.5O, $40 so and SIS. The
budding President II be as
happy in one of them as in one
for-$6. His mother may be
a little prOuder.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

You can write for anything
we have. If you ask for SAM
pies and don't know exactly
what " you want give a hint
thatll help us to select wisely.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

Something new in Bed
Spreads. Sightliness of Mar
seilles, lightness and and airi-
ness of Honeycomb. $3.50.
HOneycomb, Marseilles pat
tern, 90 cents to $I.65.
Marseilles, $I.75 to 50.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
G.WORRELL,
CARPETINGS.

The Holiday season is near at hand
the problem of giving is one hard to
solVe-be the money plenty or scarce
Almost every person feels like giving
something and to help make the task
OF selecting easier and palmer, we call
attention to goods in our different de-
/ partments that combine usefulness and
beauty, emphasizing the proverb that
lie gives dOubly who gives wisely .
This time of the year we do our best to
! reduce stocks prior to our annual in
VentOry and the best way we know is
TO make the prices attractive. This ne
hdOe done to greater ertent than ON
any former occasion.
BLANKETS AND COMFORT
ABLES.
! A full line, generous size, full WEIGHT
good material. A bargain in blankets
ut 1919, good blanket for the monev
at Sl.25, going up to S15 per pair.
ComtOrtables at 81, $1.25, $I.5O. $1.75.
to S3.15. The materials cost more he
fore they are made up--somebodvis
loss, not ours, but your advantage.
HOUSEKEEPING GOODS.
Linen Table Cloths. NAPKINS
Towels, Fruit DOylies, Art Work, Jno'
Brown & Son One--half Bleached
Linens. They make a useful present.
always in good taste. You can be sure
OF every women appreciating a gift in
Linen no matter what it is. We have
them at all prices.
HEAVY CURTAINS AND LACE
CURTAINS.
In TurcOman, Silk, Plush, Sheila.
Tapestry, Turkish Silk, &c, &c, we |
cannot afford the room for a detailed |
description, but there is not anywhere |
a line of Curtains from SO to $40 per
pair, that is better than ours.
In the Lace Curtains the Madras
Antique, Ottoman and Swiss are verv
attractive and there has never been a
season when they were so low in price.
All goods perfectly new in this stock.
UPHOLSTERY STUFFs.
Silk Pushes, Raw Silks, Fringes.
Plush ornaments, Brass goods, Piano
Table, Lunch and Desert Cloths-
Covers in Plush, Chenille, Jute and
embroidered clOth-CretOnnes Sofa
Pillows and line of small ebony tables.
plush tables, plush tops at So, worth
double. Felts for embroidery &c. We
have few solid Mahogany chairs odd
shapes, upholstered, ready for covering.
will cost from SIS to $50 finished in
Plush, any color, very handsome.
RUGS & WHOLE CARPETS.
In this Department we are able to
to show not only the productions of the
best Rug makers, but their very latest
effects. All sizes aud kinds from SOC.
to S75 each. This is a style of furnish.
ing growing in favor and it gives us
pleasure to show our elegant assort.
ment.
We have large lot of Ottomans, our
own make at 75c., square shape and
good inside and out,
The best carpet sweeper is the
" Superior" we mean what we saw:
This IS the best, that is why we control
it for this market.
KensingtOn Art Squares all sizes and
in solid cOlOrs entirely new. Cost from
81 so to SIS each.
In our Brussel, Tapestry and Ingram
Carpets we are offering some rare bar
gains to close the season with.
$50 and 822 Market ST.,
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
Matrata1%lsHxFH -.
The Phlladelphia Tyn,ey soy.

4HV IhIIadeIphia Times saws:
store a, aSI - at nIst was big estimate but the
the al st0Wi covered over street, climbed into
anu now the floor space is something over
the Se acres The space is so great that when
,,i.u louI thousand regular employees are in tbeiT
places early in the morning before the cpsnle teI
''0 'nc store seems comparatively empty.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

The Capital Shirt will be made to
order in any style, by leaving your
order with w. B. Megear, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

There's economy as we'll as
comfort in simple, common
sense cooking. Mrs. Rorer's
Cook Book tells you nothing
that hasn't been proved. 1t
tells you more that is of every
day use to the average cook
than any other cook book we
know Of. $I.25.
Trouting time near by.
What d'yOu think of fishing
tackle at Wanamaker prices?
Anything--rods, reels, lines,
leaders, flies, hooks, artificial
bats. Twill interest and may
profit the anglers to look them
over.
If your eyes are weak or fail
ing, pair of spectacles may
save them. 81 to 81. One
pair of eyes in a lifetime.
In a year and a half we've
sold mOre'n 10000 Perfection
Bustles. The name fits. u
cents.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets
and City-hall square.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
An Event
in
Oak Hall
Spring Clothing.

+bro,,,., c.., by single piece or day
ttnlough faulty quality their first high reputation
mGneSt @ as wheat for more than two generations Cbe
% illS passing meanwhile from father to sonel H.;
@ soou standing has known no setback good now &C
6LIettGr 6aa LdI improved machinery improved methods
i"'e heiPed to make them better
Your forefathers wore them; bow and man
got Harris Cashmere. - aimee PFOOity'
now then byCoseb bargaining anda less profit than
a noise over. e00' a. Pllce 10 make
Pantaloons at $500.
styles). ''00' $3.50 800 three
IT, We could ticket bargain" all over them
Ihey stand head of the market; hold front -eni
among me goods offered for the money; Tovai fnr
like "''H' IldlHS cashmere IS
Send for packet of sam Piles.
Wanamaker & Brown,
Sixth and Market Streets,
Philadel phia.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
no AnVERTISERSI

For check for s20 we will print ten-line ad-
vertisement IN One Million issues Of leading
American Newspapers This Is tthe rate Of only
one.fith Of a cent a line for 1000 Circulation !
The advertisement will be placed before One
Million different newspaper purchaser :-Or FIVE
NILLfoN READERS. Ten lines will accommodate
about Is words Address with copy Of Adv. and
check or send 30 cents for Book Of i76 pages. GEO
r. RowELL 4 Co.. 10 Spruce 81. FaY IorkA- ~"
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

This is for information, too.
besides advantage.]
A little history will brighten
our business side to you.
Edward Harris was pioneer
OF Cashmere makers in the
United States his race has
multiplied.
The goods have never lost,
bV \ c;no-Io
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

Chestnut Thirteenth and Market streets
and City-hall square,
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16
smyrna Branch -rro,,,z
Closing of Mails.

Going North, 715, S2s, 1851 A. M.,442P
Going South, $50 A. NJ, 207, 4 81 and 7.45PN
Smyrna times., 1887-03-16

Going North, Gas, 1890 A. NJ, and AIS. z2OP.M
Going South, 9.S5 A. NJ, and 7.2O P. NJ
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07
Mrs. Jcnness s1i1ler,s Lecture.

The audience III Steinway hall was slim
when Mrs. Jenness Miller entered upon the
platform yesterday afternoon to talk of tho
ideal dress of the future. If Mrs. Miller wore
the ideal dress she did not say SO, nor could
tho ordinary untutored man discern it. 1t
was very elaborate conception, apparently
of black silk velvet, profusely trimmed in
front with white lace. The sleeves were long,
tight and covered wit pufIings. A broad
black band encircled the neck, and an i'm
mcnsc corsage bouquet served to hide tie de-
tails of the waist. Mrs. Miller spoke easily
and gesticulated gracefully. The first half Of
her lecture was denunciation of modern
female attire. She characterized it as un.
graceful, unhcalthful and inconvenient. Her
especial aversion was corsets, bustles, petit
coats and i'll shaped tight shoes.
Man clothes himself" she said, "with
view to comfort, woman only for show"
Size protested that she did not desire woman
70 clothe herself in mans garments, and de-
rided the odd notions of such dress reformers.
What she advocated was that woman should
be governed in her dress by the same prinri-
pies which govern tho men. The garments
worn should follow, not too tightly, the lines
OF the figure, giving perfect freedom Of action
and no restraint or cranping of any part.
This she contended, was perfectly consistent
with taste, ornamentation and variety. The
corset was especially condemned because it
cranped thc waist, which is the location of
the organs most essential to u woman's health
and the purpose of maternity. Striking her
self with n sounding blow upon the waist, she
said she could not be hurt by any blow there
which did not actually knock her down. This
she attributed to the fact that she does not
wear corsets.
"Wvimcn say they are uncomfortable with
out corsets, she went on. ~ never wore cor
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07
Mcron-Allen,s Impressions.

My impressions of America now that for
tho first timo endcavor to express them to
myself without having to wrcslle in my mind
with the prcmeditated vcrbiagc Of expert
mental politeness, ure practically three First
of all, what strikes mo principally (as n rep.
resentative of hereditary descent of what is
perhaps the most bigotcd Tory and royalist
set in Englnn,D Is the absence of class from
whose decision in matters social and ethical
there is absoutclyno appeal. Secondly, that
the result-and the only rcs,,lt-of tho non
existence of classes in the Unitel States is
that the lines of dennrkationc existing between
those classes being invisible aro enormously
strongly traced, in fact, mako up in quantity
what they lack inquuity IA paradox, may be
which would be dear to the heart of Oscar
Wilde and rejoice the ears of Edgar Saltus);
md, thirdly, tho colossal prosperity of tho
country, of which one sees evidences on all
sides at every moment seems due to what
might he called the lavish waste of material
both physical and psychological which ono
sees in every department Of life.-Ed. Heron
Allen In New York World
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07

Tho French society of Volapuk, an nssocia-
tion Of people who believe that they can Gre
atc n universal commercial language recently
held banquet in Paris, aud many Russian
apostles Of the same crusade against the pres
cnt orthography and grammar were the
guests AT tho dessert the president drank
to the health of the future language, which
was rather singular proceeding, and men
toned the device of tho society, which is,
"Onc humanity, ono language" or in Vola-
pu!s, "Menad, bal, pul bal" Tho perpctra-
ton of photographic horrors which may Lo
expected when this new language las won
sway may be gathered from this extract from
the bill of fare at the dinner: "S.r!oin steak,
with potatoes," appears as "xomalit ko
patats. ."-Tho Argonaut
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07
Tho Old Fashioned snmplers.

Tho old fashioned samplers that our
mothers and grandmothers worked when
they We're children have been removed from
the garrets or old trunks where they lave
lain and have been placed in the parlor or
library; in other words they havo become
fashionable and have been called forth with
antique furniture and brio brac. Who does
not remember them! First came tho alpha
bet, then verse of so called poetry, then two
impossible green dogs and two green trees Of
the Noah's ark variety, nnd the whole to con-
cude, as the advertisements say with the
name and age Of the worker They are
rather pretty, these dogs, in their quaint and
attractive way, and certainly a warning to
those not of an industrious turn of mind
A friend who told me she possessed both her
grandmothcr's and mothers said: "But there
is one reason why l cannot use them about
the house." On being asked why, she replied:
ooh, dear. all our births are recorded on the
samplers the date worked with different
colorcd silks" That settled it; it was like
parading what is to some the most sacred
page in the family Bible, "the births;" but
those of you who have inherited old samplers
that have no compromising dates, bring
them forth as a unique ornamcnt.-Evclyn
Baker Harvier in New York Mail and Ex-
press.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07
An Economical Bonnet.

1t is only the work OF few minutes to pin
up a little fancy bonnet for evening wear,
and NIL that is really necessary to buy is the
franc. Two frames, one whitc the other
black, are very handy to have i'll tho house.
They, with your bits of lacc. n fow knots of
ribbon, an aigrctte or Il bunch of flowers, en-
ablc you to prepare just the kind of head
dress becoming with tho dress worn, and
every time you go out in tho evening you
may, if You DESIRE Wear a different bonnet,
and so You will not become common. Such
things nrc done by tasteful, economical
women every day in the week, and for this
they are deserving of great credit.
met n certain lady ut tho opera this sea-
son and could not but admire her charming
little bonnet l complmcnted her taste in its
selection, when she said:
81 pinned it together i'll less than twenty
minutes n,ysc!f with odds and ends"
Shc hal taken n small three corncred piece
of light blue velvet, and laid plat here and
there on the edge so that it would fit around
the crown, leaving u point on tho top A
white laco barb was pinned little full
around tho brim, leaving the ends long
enough To act as tics, and upon the top pink
aisrc,tc, which tho lady had previously worn
III her hair, was faStciicd with rhinestone
lncc pin.
just SEQ how simple the arrangement was,
nml how very tasteful and effective it ap-
rearra. With q black lace frame, n black
lace barb or lirhu cun bo stylishly arranged,
and aigrettes, flowers or jets used for orna-
mcntatiom; OF II comb of briliants, or hair
pins of gold, silver or brllian,s, any of these
would mako a charming decoration for tho
black lace foundation. Every lady hns box
of 'lixn!Ss' that sho cnn use admirably for
such purloses.-New Orleans Times Demo
f.rot
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-05-07
An Old Isecipe,

1 have found an old recipe, warranted to be
good and which calls for great care in the
gathering of the leaves 1t is said to remain
fragrant in open bowls for two years if occa-
sionally stirred, but in the closed pot pourri,
which l am sure you will usc it will remain
fragrant much longer. One is advised to
pluck the rose leaves early in the morning
with them have an equal quantity of laven-
der blossoms and put them all In large
earthenware bowl Add half pound of
crushed erris root, and then to every two
pounds add two ounces of bruised cloves, of
cinnamon, Of allspice and common salt Let
the whole stand for about a fortnight, thor
oushly mixing it every day with your hands
and then it will be ready for use. As pot
pourris are charming gifts, think you will
be wise to arrange number this spring that
your city friends may have odors Of the land
of the roses to remind them of you.-"Bob" in
New York Star.